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Campethera scriptoricauda
(Speckle-throated woodpecker)
Tanzaniese speg [Afrikaans]; Pic de Reichenow
[French]; Schriftschwanzspecht [German]; Pica-pau da Tanzânia [Portuguese]
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta
> Metazoa (animals) >
Bilateria >
Deuterostomia > Chordata >
Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Reptilia (reptiles) >
Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria >
Dinosauria
(dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) >
Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) >
Order: Piciformes
> Family: Picidae
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Speckle-throated woodpecker, Tanzania. [photo
Nik Borrows
©] |
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Distribution and habitat
Occurs from Tanzania and Malawi to northern and central
Mozambique, generally preferring mature miombo (Brachystegia) woodland
and coastal thorn scrub.
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Distribution of Speckle-throated woodpecker in southern Africa,
based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas
Project (©
Animal Demography unit, University of
Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range
from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common). |
Movements and migrations
Likely to be resident and sedentary.
Food
The following food items have been recorded
in its diet:
Breeding
- Little known, with the following information originating from Malawi.
- The nest is a hole excavated in a tree or palm stem, where it lays three
eggs in the period from about October-November.
Threats
Not threatened.
References
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Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts
- Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker
Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
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